1. Fox West Academy(FWA) By Sydney Truehart 6th grader at FWA

2. What is it? FWA is a Collaborative Learning Community. It is in Hortonville Middle School. Has grades 6 th -8 th. Has 60 kids.

3. What do you do? You do more projects, more field trips, working with technology more, and all of that cool stuff. This is something that I got from the website listed below. It says some things that we do. Integrated curriculum and project based learning · Gradual shift of responsibility from teacher-directed to student-selected projects and application of concepts · Goal setting and project management skills · Differentiation and individualized learning · Student awareness of individual learning strengths · Strong relationships and a sense of community involvement · Problem-solving skill development and collaborative learning · Development of communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills · Partnerships with area community members, businesses, and service organizations · Effective utilization of a variety of technologies for communication and use as learning resources

4. How is it different? You don’t sit there and read out of a text book. You do more on the computer. You move around a lot to. More field trips(like in March some people are going to Costa Rica ).

5. What technology are we using? Computers Lab Quest Smart board

6. Why would I what to go there? You should go there because it is awesome to learn at. The teachers/advisors are great. You can meet other people. You can use things that other classrooms don’t get to use. You do cooler field trips.

7. Want more! Go to www.hasd.orgwww.hasd.org Look under schools. Then click on Fox West Academy. Mr. Hall Mr. Lundstrum Mrs. Koenecke